Governance and statutes
The tasks, rights and obligations of the Donau Soja Association and its boards, bodies and members are set out in its statutes.
Acceptance of the statutes is a pre-requisite for membership of the Donau Soja Association.
Find the Donau Soja statutes here.
The Donau Soja Organisation comprises a non-profit association, a 100% non-profit subsidiary (Donau Soja gGmbH), and offices in Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
For details about the structure of the Donau Soja Organisation, please refer to the Donau Soja statutes.
ASSOCIATION
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The Donau Soja bodies are the General Assembly, the Board, the Steering Committee (Presidium), the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Auditors, the Advisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Board.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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The Ordinary General Assembly is the “members’ meeting” and is held annually, within nine months after the end of the fiscal year.
BOARD
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The Board currently has 13 members. The Board meets six times a year and is responsible for decisions on the Donau Soja guidelines, as well as projects and strategies.
Matthias Krön (Chairman)
Donau Soja (AT)
Johann Schlederer (Deputy Chairman)
Verband Österreichischer Schweinebauern (Austrian Pork Farmers Union) (AT)
Johann Blaimauer (Deputy Chairman)
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria (AT)
Stephan Dorfmeister
Donau Soja (AT)
Francois Paybou
Lidea Seeds (FR)
Ruud Tijssens
Agrifirm (NL)
Josef Willim
BAG Ölmühle (BAG Oil Mill) (AT)
Lukas Wiesmüller
Giorgio dalla Bona
Cereal Docks (IT)
Piero Ciriani
Carsten Lentz Storm
Sodrugestvo (RU)
Rudolf Bühler
Michaela Meyer
The auditors are Mag. Ernst Ternon and Ernst Gauhs.
STEERING COMITTEE (PRESIDIUM)
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Anna Seiwerth
Florian Faber
Michael Gohn
Fritz Mauthner Handelsges.m.b.H & Co KG
Hannah Mittner
Lidl Stiftung (DE)
Adolf Marksteiner
Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich
Joachim Eder
Michael Duspiwa
Fixkraft-Futtermittel (AT)
Michael Wurzer
Zentrale Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Österreichischen Geflügelwirtschaft (ZAG, Central Consortium of Austrian Poultry Farmers)
Amos Ramsauer
Agriprotein GmbH
Josef Fraundorfer
SAATBAU LINZ (AT)
Mladen Jovanovic
Jakub Lunter
Ostap Palchevskyy
Agrarian System Technologies (UA)
ADVISORY BOARDS
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Donau Soja Association has two advisory boards covering two different task areas: a Technical Advisory Board and a Scientific Advisory Board.
Technical Advisory Board
The Technical Advisory Board supports and counsels the Association on content-related decisions and consists of eleven persons drawn from both the private business sector and civil society.
Helmut Gaugitsch
Umweltbundesamt (Austrian Environmental Agency)
Daniele Marcomin
Martin Greßl
Agrarmarkt Austria
Thomas Resl
AWI
Ursula Bittner
Greenpeace (AT)
Karl Fischer
Soja aus Österreich (AT)
Natasa Pucar
Studen & Co Holding GmbH (RS)
Natalia Hordiichuk
Ukrainian Food Valley (UA)
Benedikt Haerlin
Andreas Lidauer
Hofer KG
Scientific Advisory Board
The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Board is to provide the Association with independent scientific advice in order to support the full range of Donau Soja’s activities. This includes advice on planning scientific investigations, and the positions the association should take on wider scientific matters. The overall goal of the Scientific Advisory Board is to support evidence-based decision making. It consists of nine persons drawn from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds, including universities and research institutes. Its composition is designed to cover a range of research disciplines and backgrounds which are relevant to the development of sustainable cropping systems using soya and related value chains.
The following Association and commercial authorised signatories have been registered as members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Donal Murphy Bokern
Volker Hahn
University of Hohenheim
Johann Vollmann
Werner Sitzmann
Patrice Jeanson
Lidea (FR)
Helmut Feitzlmayr
Landwirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich (AT)
Reinhard Puntigam
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft (DE)
Thomas Nemecek
Jegor Milandinovic
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (RS)
Werner Zollitsch
BOKU University Vienna- Universität für Bodenkultur (AT)